Category: Music Reviews

Wallachia – Monumental Heresy (2018) Review – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Music Reviews

Wallachia returned with their fourth album, ‘Monumental Heresy’ on April 13, 2018 from Debemur Morti Productions, originally founded as a one-man band in 1992 in Norway, now delivering as full group playing a baseline of black metal but with hint back to past atmospheric tones to symphonic sweeping melodies. Hence their genre defines as Symphonic…

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Archgoat – The Luciferian Crown (2018) Review – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Music Reviews

Every fan of the black metal genre has their favorites from Emperor and Darkthrone to Dark Funeral, however this extreme genre exists of many subgenres and styles, Archgoat falls to that of war metal, they are very controversial with the album covers, song titles, and lyrics but each song bleeds rawness. For those unaware the…

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Retro Review – Annihilator: Alice in Hell (1989) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2019
Music Reviews

If one thinks about the long-standing thrash bands a few names pop into one’s mind, Overkill, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, and Kreator, just to name a few, however one band some overlook on their lists is Canada’s Annihilator. A band that formed in 1984, taking the time to redefine their sound into a technical thrash, and…

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Retro Review – Cannibal Corpse: The Bleeding (1994) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2019
Music Reviews

Many death metal bands tried to follow in the footsteps of Death, and with their music falling to more of a corrupting of decency, the lyrics often had horror theme references, hence Cannibal Corpse fit properly into that category. By 1993, the band released 4-albums but started to hit a downward rut with their impact…

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Grave Digger: The Living Dead (2018) – By Baron Craze

January 31, 2019
Music Reviews

Founded in 1980, the band Grave Digger been around for almost 40-years released nothing but solid, intense metal albums, they’ve grown significantly darker in sound over the decades. Even many subgenres exist in the world of metal, it doesn’t faze this long-standing band, never compromising the style or sound as they released their latest creation on…

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Danzig: Danzig (1988) Anniversary Review – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Music Reviews

Danzig’s self-titled 1988 release of ‘Danzig’ featuring a white cow-skull cover art, came from Glenn Danzig, an underground artist with a large following from the horror-punks The Misfits, then the gothic rockers Samhain, now marking its 30-anniversary. Danzig’s debut set a new benchmark for him, first a professional production, and his vocal style marrying metal…

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Provocator – Satan Chaos Blood and Terror (2018) Music Review – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Music Reviews

Provocator is another Hellscream project (other bands Bleeding Fist and Chains) that started in 2013, with Chaos Metal in Slovenia, continues to spew, blasphemous raw black metal thoroughly in one’s face released Satan, Chaos, Blood and Terror on February 23rd, 2018 from Moribund Records. This style clearly not for all fans of the black metal genre,…

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Type O Negative – Bloody Kisses (25th Anniversary) Review – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2018
Music Reviews

Peter Steele’s favorite avenue for venting rage humbly started heavily rooted in the politically incorrect thrash band Carnivore, and it carried over to the new creation Type O Negative. This band emerged two sexist and over-the-top weirdness albums “Slow, Deep, and Hard” and canned live “Origin of the Feces” which offended quite a few individuals, but…

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Necrodeath: The Age of Dead Christ Review – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Music Reviews

An Italian black metal band, Necrodeath, likely the first extreme from the region released their latest album, The Age of Dead Christ, on March 9, 2018 from Scarlet Records, hence their eleventh record also available as a vinyl version on Terror from Hell Records. This band originally formed under Ghostrider and then released their first album “Into the…

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Slayer: South of Heaven (1988) Retro Review – By Baron Craze

July 30, 2018
Music Reviews

Slayer fans were still enjoying and blasting the fastest neck hurting thrash record, likely at the time, entitled ‘Reign in Blood’ (1986) [my favorite track ‘Raining Blood’], however, a major switch started a different tempo, not quite slower but a new path for the next album ‘South of Heaven’, originally released on July 5, 1988. This effort established…

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